140 MEMOIR OF THE LATE DR. HENRY. 
The writer has been permitted by the Presi- 
dent and Council of the Literary and Philoso- 
phical Society, to add the following extract from 
the minutes of the society. 
“ At the Quarterly Meeting of the members 
of the Literary and Philosophical Society of 
Manchester, held October 21st, 1836; it was 
moved by Dr. Holme, seconded by George W. 
Wood, Esq., and resolved unanimously, ‘ That 
a Special General Meeting of the members of 
this society be convened without delay, to con- 
sider the most desirable method of testifying 
their respect for the memory of the late Dr. 
Henry—their profound sense of the benefits de- 
rived by the society from his many valuable 
communications, and from his services, during 
a long period of years, as Secretary and Vice- 
President—their high estimation of the dis- 
tinction which his name as a man of science 
conferred on the society—and their grateful 
recollection of the urbanity and kindness, with 
which he presided at their meetings, shared in 
their discussions, and promoted both in this 
society, and on all other occasions the interests 
of literature, science, and the arts.’ 
“ At a Special General Meeting summoned, 
